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[[Image:Tashi Jong.JPG|frame|'''Khampagar Monastery, Tashi Jong''' courtesy of Angus Moore]]'''Khampagar Monastery''' - founded by the eighth [[Khamtrul Rinpoche]], Dongyu Nyima (1931-1980), in the late 1950s. It is in [[Tashi Jong]] near Bir in Himachal Pradesh. It is home to the famous [[tokden]]s, yogins who have gained high levels of realization.
[[Image:793861 703268223052294 1659241742740870118 o.jpg|thumb|300px|The newly rebuilt Khampagar Monastery in Tibet]]
'''Khampagar Monastery''' is the main seat of the [[Khamtrul Rinpoche Incarnation Line|Khamtrul Rinpoche]] incarnation line in [[Kham]], Eastern Tibet, and is considered one of the foremost monasteries of the [[Drukpa Kagyü]] lineage. After its destruction in Tibet, the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche, [[Khamtrul Rinpoche Dongyü Nyima|Dongyü Nyima]], rebuilt Khampagar Monastery in [[Tashi Jong]], Himachal Pradesh, India, in the late 1960s. It is home to the famous [[tokden]]s, yogis who have gained high levels of realization.


==Lamas of Khampagar Monastery==
==Lamas of Khampagar Monastery==
*Khamtrul Rinpoche
*the 9th Khamtrul Rinpoche, [[Dokhampa Shedrub Nyima]]
*Dorzong Rinpoche
*[[Dorzong Rinpoche]]
*[[Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche]]
*[[Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche]]
*[[Choegon Rinpoche Chökyi Senge]]
*[[Choegon Rinpoche Choekyi Wangchuk]]
*[[Tokden Atrin]]
*[[Tokden Atrin]]
*[[Tokden Achö]]


==Further Reading and Video==
==Further Reading==
*Jeremy Russell, ''''The Tokdens of Khampagar'''' in ''Chö Yang'' No. 7, 1996
*Jeremy Russell, ''''The Tokdens of Khampagar'''' in ''Chö Yang'' No. 7, 1996
==External Links==
*[http://togdens.net/about.html A brief history of the Khampagar retreat center]
*[http://www.khamgardrukcollege.org Khamgar Druk College]
*[https://www.facebook.com/khampa.ghar Official facebook page]


[[Category:Drukpa Kagyü Monasteries]]
[[Category:Drukpa Kagyü Monasteries]]
'''Tashi Jong: A Traditional Tibetan Community in Exile''' (Tibetan Video Project 1998) is a 45 minute award-winning documentary which has helped support projects for the community of Tashi Jong. Editor: Nathaniel Dorsky, Narrator: Dechen Bartso, Videograher: Barbara Green. website: www.tibet.org/tashijong

Latest revision as of 11:59, 29 November 2017

The newly rebuilt Khampagar Monastery in Tibet

Khampagar Monastery is the main seat of the Khamtrul Rinpoche incarnation line in Kham, Eastern Tibet, and is considered one of the foremost monasteries of the Drukpa Kagyü lineage. After its destruction in Tibet, the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche, Dongyü Nyima, rebuilt Khampagar Monastery in Tashi Jong, Himachal Pradesh, India, in the late 1960s. It is home to the famous tokdens, yogis who have gained high levels of realization.

Lamas of Khampagar Monastery

Further Reading

  • Jeremy Russell, 'The Tokdens of Khampagar' in Chö Yang No. 7, 1996

External Links